I first got into Blurt in the very early 80s, I think. The brain child of sax man Ted Milton, most people might not consider Blurt to be a funk band but I am hard pressed to regard them as anything else. They definitely studied their James Brown (without using a bass player if you can believe that). There's a funk sensibility to everything they do. Maybe a strange juxtaposition of punk and funk.
Blurt - Dog Save My Sole - YouTube
Blurt - the fish needs a bike - YouTube
Blurt - Get - YouTube
Empty Vessels - YouTube
Blurt - My Mother was a Friend of an Enemy of the People - YouTube